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Demonstration & Deployment of a Commerical Scale Wave Energy Converter with an innovative Real Time Wave by Wave Tuning System

Category

FP7 Project with U.S. partner

Short name and number

WavePort (239368)

Area

Energy

Description

In the Atlantic arc from Iceland to Portugal, Europe has some of the best natural wave resources in the world; with the total potential European ocean wave power estimated to be in the range 150 -240 TWh per annum. The main barrier to wave energy expansion is the lack of a large, commercial-scale demonstration of the technology. In addition, the efficiency of devices is limited and needs to be improved.

Participating Countries

Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Norway.

Name of US Partner

OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC CORPORATION

Contact

THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED

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BILAT-USA (Grant Agreement no: 244434) and Link2US (Grant Agreement no: 244371) Projects are co-funded by the European Union’s Capacities Programme on International Cooperation under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Cooperation.